Corporate Finance

You, like everyone we help, will have different business plans for different reasons.

For instance, you might have decided the time is right to grow your business. If so, you might need to raise finance for marketing, product development or staff recruitment. Or maybe you want to grow in a different way. A merger? Joint venture? Or maybe a management buyout or refinancing deal?

About our Corporate Finance team

Our Corporate Finance team have over 20 years combined experience advising business owners on a range of legal advice, growth strategies and financing. But what if you do not want to grow? What if you are looking to sell your business and retire? Or put your hard earned money into something else? You will be pleased to know our corporate solicitors can help you with that too.

When Derby County Football Club wanted to sell a significant stake to the entrepreneur behind online gaming sensation Candy Crush, they asked us for help. It is this level of work that has established us as one of the best corporate teams in the East Midlands.

By investing time with you to understand your objectives, we can focus on what is important commercially. Our experience means we know where there is potential for negotiation, and where there is not. This allows us to work with you to deliver the best outcome, on time and on budget.

Unlike other firms, you will be advised by a partner. Meaning you save money by not needing a second opinion. We provide you with the support and advice you require to achieve your goals. Each client is guaranteed a partner-led approach, ensuring you receive practical and commercial solutions. This avoids the need for second opinions and the associated delays and cost.

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Flint Bishop advises on the sale of Ingram Hawkins and Nock to the Aston Lark Group

Contact our Corporate Finance team

“The Corporate Team at Flint Bishop were the perfect advisors during the sales process. Rachel and William provided the shareholders with excellent advice and made the process as simple as possible. They took the time to understand our business and the personal aims of all the shareholders, and their assistance during the due diligence process was invaluable and made my task a lot easier. I can’t thank them enough for a great job in helping us achieve our goals.”

“For any company going through a management buyout (MBO), the process is daunting with many potential complexities to overcome. It is incredibly important to instruct commercial lawyers that you trust have the experience and expert knowledge to help manage such a process. We found that Martyn, Will and the team at Flint Bishop LLP not only had both extensive experience and knowledge but were also personable, communicative and reliable from the moment our discussions began, always offering honest legal guidance on all matters throughout the process. Martyn and his team made every effort to make themselves available at all times, often outside of usual office hours, in order to achieve what was always a challenging timetable. We will be retaining Flint Bishop LLP as our legal advisors moving forward and would not hesitate in recommending others to use their services.”

Matthew Ellis, Managing Director, First4Magnets

“Selling my business was always going to be a stressful experience but with the help and excellent guidance of Rachel & the Flint Bishop Corporate team we completed on time. Her reassurance and support made the whole process quick, smooth and, dare I say, enjoyable.”

Paul Lewcock, Blenheim Veterinary Centre

“It’s rare to find a lawyer with whom you can have a sensible conversation about real-world legal issues and their potential solutions. I very much enjoy discussing such matters with Will. His advice and guidance has been and continues to be, invaluable to me personally, and to my company that requires the best legal advice. I would happily recommend Will for his sensible, pragmatic, supportive approach and look forward to working with him for many years to come.”

Nik Chotai, CarSnip.com

“The sale process was intense and daunting, but Martyn and the team at Flint Bishop were excellent in guiding and supporting us through the process. We really appreciate the effort, commitment and professionalism of the team. Equally, we enjoyed the friendly approach that kept us going through all the hard work.”

David De Rosa, Managing Director, Clear Environmental Consultants

“Flint Bishop’s quality of advice is second to none. Their lawyers’ level of customer service is beyond any I have encountered in the legal sector and their main strengths are their calm demeanour, and innate ability to work around problems, by generating novel ideas when addressing an issue.”

Darren Bromley-Davenport, Managing Director, Portal Medical Limited

“This is the Group’s sixth UK acquisition and, as usual, the Corporate team at Flint Bishop were excellent. They always seem to know what is important to a deal and act quickly to ensure everything runs as smooth as possible. They are trusted corporate advisors.”

Steve Tysoe, Managing Director, Altrad Beaver 84

“This acquisition forms part of the bigger plan to provide the UK market with products and services from Altrad, which now owns more than 80 subsidiary companies. The Corporate team, supported by Martyn Brierley, were excellent as has proved to be the case with each of these important acquisitions. Nothing was too much trouble and the team always made themselves available to work as a vital and integral member of the Altrad acquisition team. We look forward to working together in the future and highly recommend their services to others.”

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Flint Bishop LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales. Registered number OC317931. Registered office: St Michael's Court, St Michael's Lane, Derby DE1 3HQ. Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. A full list of members is available at the registered office. Any reference to a Partner of Flint Bishop LLP means a member, employee or consultant of Flint Bishop LLP with equivalent standing and qualifications.